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Citizen science for monitoring wild herbivores
20 Aug 2023

Citizen science for monitoring wild herbivores

by Alice de Chilly | posted in: Citizen Science, Uncategorized, Research | 0

Collecting wild and domestic ungulate droppings for the HerbiLand project As part of this project on the population dynamics of wild herbivores in supra-forest environments, one of the scientific objectives is to determine the plant species on alpine shrubs consumed … Continued

White Species : better understand them to better protect them
28 Mar 2023

White Species : better understand them to better protect them

by Alice de Chilly | posted in: Research, Uncategorized, Research | 0

The vast European project to study the mountain hare and the rock ptarmigan, which has just been completed, has advanced our knowledge of these very discreet animals threatened by climate change. For CREA Mont-Blanc and its partners, it has also … Continued

How Artificial Intelligence can help identify Alpine Wildlife
3 Nov 2022

How Artificial Intelligence can help identify Alpine Wildlife

by Alice de Chilly | posted in: Research, Citizen Science | 0

The processing of hundreds of thousands images from our camera traps mobilizes the expertise of researchers, machine learning and volunteer observers. Throughout the summer, extensive work was carried out to optimize the method. Next season of citizen science program “Wild … Continued

How Mountain hare are evolving with their environment
16 Dec 2021

How Mountain hare are evolving with their environment

by Noisetier | posted in: Citizen Science, Research, Sciences du vivant | 0

Mountain environments, which are the natural habitat of Arctic-Alpine species, are undergoing dramatic changes due to climate change. As a result, these specially adapted species are truly on the front lines of climate change. In order to understand the changes … Continued

Espèces blanches
How we’re taking the Mont-Blanc massif’s temperature
7 Sep 2021

How we’re taking the Mont-Blanc massif’s temperature

by Idaline Laigle | posted in: Research | 0

The network of temperature monitoring stations installed across the French Alps by CREA Mont-Blanc in 2006 is one of our oldest monitoring tools. After 15 years of hard work, we are evaluating our system and thinking about how it might … Continued

Climate
How alpine wetlands are changing with the climate
15 Jun 2020

How alpine wetlands are changing with the climate

by Hillary Gerardi | posted in: Research | 0

CREA Mont-Blanc is using satellite imagery to study the evolution of mountain wetlands.  This innovative approach, combined with field observations allows our researchers to better understand how biodiversity is adapting to climate change.  CREA Mont-Blanc’s own Brad Calrson who designed … Continued

Zones humides
Life in the (Glacial) Margins: surprisingly and increasingly diverse
9 Mar 2020

Life in the (Glacial) Margins: surprisingly and increasingly diverse

by Brad Carlson | posted in: Uncategorized, Research, Sciences du vivant, Sciences sur le terrain | 0

At this point, the evidence is clear: glacier retreat is accelerating as a direct result of climate change.  But what about the plants that colonize previously glaciated zones and that are slowly transforming alpine landscapes? The first results of the … Continued

Marges glaciaires
Early spider orchids and Buffish mining bees:  when climate change interferes with pollination
8 Jul 2019

Early spider orchids and Buffish mining bees: when climate change interferes with pollination

by Colin Van Reeth | posted in: Research, Sciences du vivant | 0

The occurrence of seasonal events in living things (such as leaf out and flowering, egg laying, etc) is closely related to seasonal variations in climate. Over the long term, climate change can provoke changes in the timing of these events … Continued

beez, Faune
May & June: Tough months for lady choughs
6 Jun 2019

May & June: Tough months for lady choughs

by Anne Delestrade | posted in: Uncategorized, Research | 0

This winter, like every winter, the CREA Mont-Blanc team was out in the snow, tagging the Mont-Blanc massif’s Alpine chough population. Since 1998, more than 1,500 Alpine choughs have been marked with colored bands allowing them to be identified from … Continued

Sentinel Lakes: Scientists turn their attention to high-altitude Alpine lakes
13 May 2019

Sentinel Lakes: Scientists turn their attention to high-altitude Alpine lakes

by Idaline Laigle | posted in: Research, Research, Behind the scenes | 0

During April 30th’s Science Sandwich, Jean-Baptiste Bosson of ASTERS, a glaciologist by training and currently the coordinator of the Sentinel Lakes network, presented on the history and outlook for the Alp’s high-altitude lakes. Altitude lakes are rich and fragile ecosystems … Continued

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